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Jazz Room Series presents
Martin Krivin Tribute Concert
February 12, 2012, 4:00 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
General Admission $15•
William Paterson University alumni, faculty,
staff and seniors $12 • Students $8
Sittin’ In Meet-the-Artist
Session, 3:00 p.m., Shea 101 •
Free to all Jazz Room ticketholders
Two world-renowned musicians and WP Jazz Program Directors, bassist Rufus Reid and pianist Mulgrew Miller, lead this tribute to the late Martin Krivin, founder of The Jazz Room Series and of William Paterson’s Jazz Studies Program, who passed away in September. Reid led the WP Jazz Program for twenty years, and his career has expanded from his role as a first-call bassist and educator to becoming equally in demand as a jazz and Guggenheim-winning orchestral composer; Mulgrew Miller, current Jazz Studies Director, continues to be one of the world’s most influential piano performers and the jazz world is discovering his equal prowess as an educator. They will be joined by drummer Horacee Arnold, saxophonists Bob Keller and David Demsey, trombonist Tim Newman, and other special guests.
www.rufusreid.com
About Mulgrew Miller
Jazz Room Series presents
ISIM Concert with Karl Berger and Pyeng Threadgill
Saturday, February 18 at 8:00pm
The "Sittin' In" meet the artist session will take place at 7:00pm in Shea 101.
The convention of the International Society for Improvised Music, hosted by William Paterson this year, brings an array of stellar improvising musicians to our campus. Composer/bandleader Karl Berger is a modern music icon through the Woodstock Music Studio that he founded; he appears on this concert with the University of Michigan Creative Arts Ensemble. Vocalist Pyeng Threadgill and the rolling rhythms of her band bring her eclectic style described as “indie jazz meets Afro groove.” These special guests are sure to create a memorable concert combination.
www.isimprov.org
Jazz Room Series presents
Ignacio Berroa and Band
February 26, 2012, 4:00 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
General Admission $15•
William Paterson University alumni, faculty,
staff and seniors $12 • Students $8
Sittin’ In Meet-the-Artist
Session, 3:00 p.m., Shea 101 •
Free to all Jazz Room ticketholders
Cuban jazz pioneer Ignacio Berroa was called by Dizzy Gillespie “the only latin drummer in the world, who knows both the worlds of Afro-Cuban music and jazz.” He has worked with the great Mario Bauza, and was a member of Gillespie’s Quartet, at the center of such ensembles as Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra, 70th Anniversary Big Band and All-Star Band. Equally well-known as an educator, his video “Mastering the Art of Afro-Cuban Drumming” is known and used worldwide. His powerful style has driven the music of bands led by such stars as McCoy Tyner, Jaco Pastorius Tito Puente, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, Joe Lovano, Jack Bruce Lalo Schifrin and many others.
Ignacio Berroa's Official Website
Vistas Series presents
Kronos Quartet
February 25, 2012, 8:00 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
Gold Circle $45 • Orchestra $35 • Front Loge $30 •
Rear Loge $25 •
Discounts available for William Paterson University alumni, faculty, staff,
students, and seniors. Call the box office for details.
For more than thirty years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet has pursued a singular artistic
vision with a spirit of fearless exploration. This Grammy-winning acclaimed string quartet
specializes in new music and contemporary classical music and is one of today’s most
celebrated ensembles. Kronos performs thousands of concerts worldwide and releases
more than forty-five recordings of extraordinary breadth, commissioning more than seven
hundred new works and collaborating with renowned artists of myriad disciplines.
www.kronosquartet.org
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Jazz Room Series presents
Saxophonist Steve Wilson with the William Paterson Jazz Orchestra directed by Pete McGuinness
March 4, 2012, 4:00 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
General Admission $15•
William Paterson University alumni, faculty,
staff and seniors $12 • Students $8
Sittin’ In Meet-the-Artist
Session, 3:00 p.m., Shea 101 •
Free to all Jazz Room ticketholders
Wilson has brought his incredible stylistic versatility and his distinctive alto/soprano sound to more than 100 recordings led by such artists as Chick Corea, George Duke, Michael Brecker, Dave Holland, Dianne Reeves, Bill Bruford, Gerald Wilson, Maria Schneider, Joe Henderson, Charlie Byrd, Billy Childs, Karrin Allyson, Don Byron, Bill Stewart, James Williams, Mulgrew Miller, and the Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra. He has seven recordings under his own name, leading and collaborating with such stellar musicians as Lewis Nash, Carl Allen, Steve Nelson, Cyrus Chestnut, Greg Hutchinson, Dennis Irwin, James Genus, Larry Grenadier, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley, and Nicholas Payton. This concert will also feature premieres of new arrangements written for Steve Wilson by William Paterson’s masters arranging students.
www.SteveWilsonMusic.com
Vistas Series presents
Celtic Crossroads: World Fusion Tour
March 8, 2012, 8:00 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
Gold Circle $40 • Orchestra $35 • Loge $30 •
Discounts available for William Paterson University alumni, faculty, staff,
students, and seniors. Call the box office for details.
Celtic Crossroads is critically acclaimed as “the most exhilarating and authentic show
to come from Ireland in decades - not to be missed.” It is an explosion of youthful energy
and dazzling musicianship. The new World Fusion Tour abounds with fusions of traditional
Irish music, bluegrass, gypsy, and jazz—while pulsating with the rhythms of exciting Irish
dance percussion. Spontaneous mid-show ovations are the norm, and enraptured Celtic
Crossroads audiences are always compelled to shout, and SHOUT for more.
www.celticcrossroads.ie
Vistas Series presents
Red Horse
Featuring Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky
March 10, 2012, 8:00 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
Gold Circle $30 • Orchestra & Front Loge $25 • Rear Loge $20
Although they have been friends for years and recorded on each other’s albums, the new folk supergroup, Red Horse, is the first truly collaborative effort by Eliza, John and Lucy. Red Horse’s sparse instrumentation allows these three wonderful singers to carry the magic of great songwriting. Each of these legendary artists solos on classics first made famous by the other two members. Displaying their impressive talents, Red Horse shows why Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky are three of folk music’s most popular artists and why their music speaks to fans of all generations.
www.redhorse.com
Jazz Room Series presents
Vocalist Roseanna Vitro
March 11, 2012, 4:00 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
General Admission $15•
William Paterson University alumni, faculty,
staff and seniors $12 • Students $8
Sittin’ In Meet-the-Artist
Session, 3:00 p.m., Shea 101 •
Free to all Jazz Room ticketholders
Roseanna Vitro and the RNP Band present: “The Music of Randy Newman” from their Grammy-nominated 2011 release on the Motéma.com label. This group project garnered high praise from the great songwriter Randy Newman himself, and was praised in a 4.5 star review from Down Beat magazine . Mark Sosksin (longtime Sonny Rollins pianist) wrote the arrangements; the group also features violinist Zach Brock, bassist Dean Johnson and drummer Tim Horner. The arrangements marry elements of jazz and blues Americana, bringing a high level of musicianship, improvisation and creativity to Newman’s inspired narratives – all defined and shaped by the poignancy of Roseanna Vitro, a vocalist, storyteller, musician and educator of great renown.
www.RoseannaVitro.com
JC Productions and Vistas Series in conjunction with the Cross-Cultural Arts Festival present
Eva Ayllón
March 30, 2012, 8:00 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
$50 Orchestra & Near Loge • $40 Rear Loge
For over thirty years Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón has been an international phenomenon performing in front of sold-out audiences in her native Peru as well as North America. Emerging in the early 70s Eva immediately set a landmark by establishing herself as the leading exponent of Afro-Peruvian music. Eva’s recording career spans over 20 albums including a double Latin Grammy nomination in 2003 and a double Platinum album in Peru.
www.evaayllon.net
Star Promotions and Vistas Series in conjunction with the Cross-Cultural Arts Festival present
Johnny Ventura
March 31, 2012, 8:00 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
$75 Orchestra • $60 Near Loge • $40 Rear Loge
A discount is available for the WPU Community-please call the box office at 973-720-2371 for more information.
The Father of Modern Merengue Johnny Ventura brings his unique brand of merengue to the Shea Center. Throughout his artistic life that spans over five decades, Johnny has performed all over the world and given the highest honors from countries up and down the western hemisphere. Considered the most proliferous Dominican artist, his repertoire includes 28 Gold Records, 2 Platinum Albums, a Latin Grammy in 2004 and a Grammy of Excellence in 2006 for his trajectory. Rewarded as the “Merengue Artist of the Century” by the Dominican Congress and the first artist ever invited to a United States Presidential Inauguration for former President Jimmy Carter, there is only one Johnny Ventura.
Watch Johnny Ventura on YouTube
Jazz Room Series and the Cross-Cultural Arts Festival present
Paquito D’Rivera with the William Paterson Latin Jazz Ensemble directed by Chico Mendoza
April 1, 2012, 4:00 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
General Admission $15•
William Paterson University alumni, faculty,
staff and seniors $12 • Students $8
Sittin’ In Meet-the-Artist
Session, 3:00 p.m., Shea 101 •
Free to all Jazz Room ticketholders
Paquito D’Rivera first burst onto the world’s music scene as a member of his native Cuba’s Grammy-winning ensemble Irakere. Since that time, he has gone on to win a host of Grammy Awards as a leader of his own band, and as a collaborator on project that transcend his Latin and jazz roots, including cellist Yo Yo Ma, . He is today as well known for his impressive classical compositions as for his virtuosic saxophone and clarinet artistry. He has been awarded the National Medal of Arts at the White House, and is a National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master. He has been composer in residence at the Caramoor Festival and with the St. Lukes Chamber Orchestra. Today’s concert will feature D’Rivera’s compositions as well as his powerful woodwind playing.
www.PaquitoD'Rivera.com